The show has passed China's ban order and is able to air normally online, and despite many people's worries about its performance, it continues to pull in more viewers. On Sohu.com, 'Sound of Heart' is topping the Korean drama chart, proving its popularity.

It is also doing well in Korea, with almost 30,000,000 views on NaverTVcast and achieving 6.2% in ratings on the first episode that aired on KBS2.

Staff of 'Sound of Heart' stated, "In a difficult situation with the ban in China, we are happy that Chinese viewers are liking 'Sound of Heart.' We did not predict that it would be loved in both Korea and China," thanking the viewers.

Because Mainland China is an hyper-authoritarian police state ruled by an un-elected and unaccountable cabal of ChiCom Party bosses and PLA generals. They do as they please... the Chinese people have zero input.

It is quite simple... in ChiCom Mainland China, there is no freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or an independent media. The ChiCom regime controls all media including what can be aired on TV. They can censor content or ban a show entirely without the need to justify their decisions to anyone. Since the ChiCom regime did not like S. Korea's decision to defend itself from the N. Korean ballistic missile threat, they are punishing S. Korea by banning S. Korean entertainment in the Mainland. And while Grimjester isn't entirely joking. The ChiComs routinely ban any foreign media content they decide may negatively impact Chinese interests at home or abroad, and considering that there is a shortage of Chinese females in the Mainland, and it involves Chinese male pride, it isn't as far-fetched as it seems.

The ChiComs are full of shit. THAAD is a purely defensive system that utilizes a kinetic kill vehicle (no explosives or warhead) to destroy incoming ballistic missiles by impact. And the X-Band radar system is only a threat to the ChiComs if they foolishly decide to launch a preemptive nuke Pearl Harbor style sneak attack. THAAD is being being deployed to S. Korea to defend against the ChiComs bastard child N. Korea. But if as a side bonus, it also helps to prevent WW3, then too fucking bad for the ChiComs.

North Korea is the ChiCom's Frankenstein Monster child. They helped create it, raised it, supported it, and fed it. Now it is a dangerous brat making serious trouble in the neighborhood. If the ChiCom Mama had reigned in their little beast long ago, there would be no need for THAAD or US military presence on the peninsula. Since the ChiComs refuse to control their little bundle of terror, it is up to the S. Koreans and US to defend against the crazy rugrat with nukes. The ChiComs are just whining because the X-Band radar of THAAD could potentially also detect any ChiCom ballistic missile launches. Well, too bad. The ChiComs should have thought about consequences when they allowed their brat to develop nukes, ballistic missiles, and threaten to use them against SK, Japan, and the US.

It's more complicated than most of you would think. The fact that this drama can air on Sohu right now definitely has something to do with Bae Young-joon's Keyeast. Why? Cuz Sohu is the second largest shareholder of Keyeast. And in China that's called guanxi.